Josh Groban’s “Noel,” released on October 9, sets a new record on The Billboard 200, becoming the first Christmas album to top the chart for four straight weeks. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album sold in 669,000 copies in the week ended December 16, in the U.S., a 15 percent increase from last week’s sum, beating out Elvis Presley’s 1957 LP “Elvis’ Christmas Album.”

Billboard reports that, “Noel” has topped this way the “High School Musical 2” soundtrack as 2007’s top-selling album, with total sales of 2.77 million copies.

"It would be the first time a No. 1 album has increased four weeks in a row. It's been a slow year, but that doesn't take anything away from the fact that he has amassed huge numbers," says Billboard's Geoff Mayfield, according to the USA Today.

Second place on Top 10 belongs to Alicia Keys with “As I Am” for the second week, with 292,000 sold copies, a 24 percent sales hike, Billboard.com reports.

The Eagles’ “Long Road Out Of Eden” follows on three with 241,000, while the multi-label 26^th addition to the “New That’s What I Call Music!” hits compilation stays on No. 4 with 191,000.

At No. 5, with 180,000 copies sold, we find Mannheim Steamroller’s “Christmas Song,” which surprisingly doubled its sales the previous week.

Rounding out the Top 10 are “High School Musical 2” soundtrack on six, “Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus,” Miley Cyrus on seven, “Taylor Swift,” Taylor Swift on eight, “Carnival Ride,” Carrie Underwood on nine and last, on ten “The Ultimate Hits,” Garth Brooks.

According to Billboard, sales are down 23.1 percent this week compared to the same week of last year, (23.39 percent), although this week’s sales are up 24.4 percent from last week.